General Science Quiz 29

General Science Quiz 29

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1. Quagga is an extinct subspecies of which land animal?

Giraffe
Zebra
Donkey
Antelope

2. What is prussic acid, a colorless and extremely poisonous chemical compound, better known as?

Hydrogen Cyanide
Hydrogen peroxide
Ethylene glycol
Nicotine

3. What is the study of the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures called?

Cacogenics
Nanotechnology
Graphemics
Cryogenics

4. The branch of medical science which is concerned with the study of disease as it affects a community of people is called

Gastroenterology
Epidemiology
Epistemology
Cynology

5. A solid material's ability to be stretched into a wire is called

Malleability
Volatility
Ductility
Elasticity

6. What is the irritation and inflammation of the mucous membranes of nose called?

Rhinitis
Myringitis
Vasculitis
Histoplasmosis

7. The ratio of the number of births to the size of the population is called

Mortality
Fecundity
Fertility
Natality

8. Which one of the following is the science of measurements and weights?

Meteorology
Metrology
Mastology
Metrics

9. What is the technique used to display a fully three-dimensional image of the subject, which is seen without the aid of special glasses or other intermediate optics?

Xerox
Repography
Holography
Xylography

10. BED is an informal measurement of ionizing radiation exposure. What does B stand for in BED?

Banana
Biotic
Beta
Boson

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